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Our Place in the Cosmos
If you've ever wondered about the relative size of the planets, and the Sun, and other stars in the sky, there's a wonderful scale model slideshow that illustrates just how small our planet is (though not as small as Mars, Venus, Mercury or the former planet known as Pluto). Go here and prepare to be humbled. But there's more. Scientists have recently mapped out where our galaxy, the Milky Way, sits within a massive supercluster of galaxies that has been named Laniakea. It turns out we're living toward the end of a long filament in a cosmic web of more than 100,000 galaxies. You can view the image here. Bob Veres |
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The Harm in Financial Journalism
In most areas of our lives, the more information you get, and the more up-to-the-minute it is, the better we can do business and make astute decisions. It is interesting that investing is one area where the opposite is true...
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What's Next for Oil Prices?
Last year, the big news in the U.S. economy was the dramatic fall in Brent crude oil prices, from just under $110 a barrel last July to something less than $45 a barrel in mid-March...
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It has been five years since the newspapers exploded with stories of the Greek debt crisis, which, we were told, threatened the very existence of the Eurozone. Eventually, a variety of bailout packages were negotiated, and things seemed to return to normal...
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